Sticks, Stones, Fists, and Voices vs. Guns, Armies (Score 1)

I'm going to open this little note with two words: The Police.
While 'lawful' in the sense that they are 'the law', the police may decide that you should be detained or your house should be searched without cause. I know the common 'Believe in the System' reply to this would be that the law protects you from such and that there are things such as warrants, it should also be noted that the law can't physically protect you from itself.
I've been in Seattle for a week now, and I've watched The Police act more like a 'military presence' than the militaries of many small countries.
They aren't armed with just sub-lethal though, they are all sporting semi-automatic pistols with extended clips.
Throwing rocks at them, poking them with sticks, egging them, punching them, and yelling derisive things at them will accomplish one or both of two things: Thing one, sub-lethal weapons will be used against you. Either rubber bullets, teargas, pepperspray, or truncheons. Thing two, You will feel alot better after expending the energy. (You may also be arrested but when there is a mob of people doing the same thing it won't matter. Note: I don't neccesarily advocate violence against the police or private property but one has to do what one has to do when one has to do it. I'd rather see someone hit a police officer then see a police officer hit someone.)
Now, lets say you take your fancy 'gun' and shoot a police officer. They're going to put the formalities like sub-lethal weapons aside, and they're all going to shoot you, and you are going to die. And if you don't die, and make an escape, they will hunt you to the ends of the earth(exaggeration) or kill those who are near you who are unarmed and non-violent. Even a large group of people with your fancy guns won't stop them, because they have the National Guard to back them up, and other Government-controlled forces.
Assuming your cause is legitimate, do you think you could muster the forces to physically neutralize all of the police officers in just one city?
Fact: There are 45,000 police officers in New York. Even if one could muster and arm 45,000+ people to oppose them, there are always more waiting in the ranks and, chances are they'd find out beforehand. Where as, if they knew people were going to come yell at them, their response would be quite different.
In conclusion: Your gun alone, or a few thousand guns put next to yours, won't stop the million or so guns they have.
Disclaimer: Not that I have anything against guns, but most of the reasons for owning them just aren't cutting it, or the reasons that people defend them with. Owning a gun for home defense could save your life, it could also take your life or the life of someone near to you. Owning a gun for the purpose of defending yourself from other guns, can be plain old foolery.(This isn't the case everywhere, mind you, I can think of alot of places where guns could do some good. I'm talking about the US, and Government specifically)
Finally: Guns are just more trouble than they're worth.

(Postscript: If you're going to attack this rant don't attack me personally, this is a whole new paradigm for me. Attack the idea, it will help me refine it or possibly change my way of thinking. Attack me, and I will stop listening. Also, I'm in Seattle in a Journalistic capacity.)
--Nimbus Qrygg, The One True Qrygg
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